If you have any familiarity with Policy Governance®, you will have heard the term any reasonable interpretation. It is the Policy Governance principle that in my experience is the one most often misunderstood. If you are not familiar with this principle, let me briefly explain it. A Policy Governance board will develop a variety of […]

From time to time I hear from a board chair who says something like this, “We have a crisis that needs to be dealt with and we’re not sure where it goes on the agenda.” Inevitably, the image of a sea rescue helicopter comes to mind. I picture the board climbing down the ladder and […]

I draft a lot of documents – reports, articles like this one, policies, memos, letters, bylaws, social media posts, etc. If you write a lot, it is easy to get caught up in trying to find the precise words to say what you mean. The dictionary defines ‘wordsmith’ as “an expert in the use of […]

In previous careers, I have worked for a few CEOs of non-profit organizations in which the respective boards weren’t using Policy Governance®. Meetings of the board were always intriguing from the perspective of understanding what the board was thinking. Prior to a meeting, as we put proposals together for the board’s consideration (yes, these were […]

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